Tygwyn railway station

Tygwyn railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 between Harlech and Talsarnau near the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.

Tygwyn
Tygwyn railway station has been "adopted" by the local community for maintenance and decoration.
Location
PlaceGlan-y-wern
Local authorityGwynedd
Coordinates52.893728°N 4.078597°W / 52.893728; -4.078597
Grid referenceSH602349
Operations
Station codeTYG
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 1,168
2015/16 2,068
2016/17 1,802
2017/18 1,580
2018/19 1,330
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
11 July 1927opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tygwyn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History
Looking north from the platform.

British Rail requested the permission of the Secretary of State for Transport to close Tygwyn and three other Cambrian Coast stations (namely Abererch, Llandecwyn and Tonfanau) during the mid-1990s. Their winter 1995/96 timetable featured only two northbound and three southbound trains Mondays to Saturdays, with a note that the service may be withdrawn before 1 June 1996.[1] The closure plans were eventually dropped and the station remains open today with a much improved service (all but one northbound train is scheduled to call (on request) in the summer 2016 timetable.[2])

Since 22nd June 2020, trains have not called at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door.[3]

Services

The station remains as an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Transport for Wales
Cambrian Coast Line
  Historical railways  
Harlech
Line and station open		   Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Cambrian Railways		   Talsarnau
Line and station open
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References
  1. Regional Railways Central: "Cambrian Coaster Train Times", September 1995
  2. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  3. https://tfwrail.wales/covid-19/changes-train-times
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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